Larval behaviour and settlement cues of a brooding coral reef sponge

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 451-460

  Wahab, M A Abdul ^a   de Nys, R ^a   Whalan, S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Metamorphosis; Phototaxis; Porifera; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CORAL REEF; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; PHOTOTAXIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPONGE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANTHOZOA; COSCINODERMA; DICTYOCERATIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 79955882773     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0727-5     Document Type: Article

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